jouet

\ʒwɛ\

/\ʒwɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“jouet” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,183. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,183
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Objet qui sert à amuser les enfants.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jouet · jouet · French

jouet · rank #9,183 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,183
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH jambon

Nearest frequency peer: jambon (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « jouet »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « jouet » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

jouet vs jour
60% similar
jouet vs just
60% similar
jouet vs joug
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for jouet
PropertyValue
Headwordjouet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒwɛ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#9,183
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « jouet »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.jouetse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « jambon » (#9,182), « joyeuse » (#9,184), « intervenants » (#9,181). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jouet » est au #9,183. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around jouet (IPA \ʒwɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,183 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for jouet, with forms such as "jjouet", "joeut", and "jouett". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "jour", "just", "joug", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is jouet, spelled J-O-U-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Objet qui sert à amuser les enfants.
  2. 2
    Objet à fonction érotique destiné à provoquer le plaisir.
  3. 3
    Objet qui sert à amuser les animaux domestiques.
  4. 4
    De manière plus général, objet que l’on manipule sans règle imposée, pour le seul plaisir, par opposition à un jeu qui fait lui intervenir des règles.
  5. 5
    Celui, celle dont on se joue ou une chose dont on s’amuse ou dont on semble s’amuser.
  6. 6
    Plaque en métal que l’on fixe sur les côtés du sep de drisse de manière à éviter les frottements dues au poulies.
  7. 7
    Petite chaîne que l’on accroche à la brisure du canon qui forme l’embouchure dans le mors d’un cheval.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how jouet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Pour preuve, Netflix, avec une série animée, et Mattel, avec une nouvelle gamme de jouets, ont ressorti Musclor de la naphtaline.
  2. Petit Papa Noël Quand tu descendras du ciel Avec des jouets par milliers N’oublie pas mon petit soulier.

Synonyms

joujoujoujou

This word in other languages

toy(English)juguete(Español)Spielzeug(Deutsch)brinquedo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jjouet
  • joeut
  • jouett
  • juoet
  • ojuet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jouet - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

jjouet1joeut2jouett1juoet2ojuet2
Edit distance from "jouet"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jouet"?
"jouet" is spelled J-O-U-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒwɛ\.
What does "jouet" mean?
As a noun, "jouet" means: Objet qui sert à amuser les enfants.
What words are commonly confused with "jouet"?
"jouet" is commonly confused with "jour", "just", "joug". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jouet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jouet" is \ʒwɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jouet" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "jouet", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lisse#9,188litre#9,189loger#9,190mêler#9,203

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

lots5 variantsGreg5 variantsDanny5 variantsaigle5 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list